refno 0435 richard mershon milikin iii
DESCRIPTION
Records from DOD on efforts to locate and recover the body of this USAF pilot who perished in the crash of his airplane on 20 Aug 1966 in North VietnamTRANSCRIPT
• · UNCLASSIFIED
U.S. Personnel Missing, Southeast Asia (and Selected Foreign Nationals) (U)
Alpha, Chronological and Refno Reports
. UNCLASSIFIED
JUNE 1995 DPMOIRD
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COLUMN HEADING ____________ DESCRIPTION ____________________________ __
ID#-------- Each man has an individual DPMO file number. This ID number consists of the first letter of the individual's last name followed by three digits assigned serially.
NAME-------- Self explanatory. Last name, first name, middle name or initial.
STAT-------- Describes the current status of an individual, in two characters:
AA AWOL/DESERTER BB "KIA" BODY NOT RECOVERED BR BODY RECOVERED cc DETAINEE (CIVILIAN
DETAINEE-RELEASED) EE ESCAPEE KR DIED IN CAPTIVITY, KK DIED IN CAPTIVITY NEGOTIATED REMAINS RETURNED MM MISSING IN ACTION NR NEGOTIATED REMAINS RETURNED pp PW RR RETURNEE XX PRESUMPTIVE ZM POST 75 YACHT RELATED
FINDING OF DEATH DETAINEE ZR POST 75 YACHT STATUS NOT RECORDED
PERSON RELEASED.
I-DATE------ Contains the date the individual was lost. It is written in year-month-day order and each is represented by two digits.
SER---------A one-letter abbreviation for the individual's parent service:
A .. ARMY P. . COAST GUARD
F .. AIR FORCE V .. CIVILIAN
M. . MARINE CORPS N. . NAVY W .. FOREIGN NATIONAL
RK---------- Describes current rank of an individual at time of loss.
R----------- Indicates the individual's race.
C. . Caucasian M. . Mongoloid N .. Black
COORD------- Contains the last known latitude/longitude of the individual's place of loss.
CTRY------ Contains the first two letters indicate the country in which an individual was first placed in amissing/captured status: T.he · fourth and fifth letters indicate the country in which an individual was moved to or it indicates that an individual was lost over water "OW."
CB CH LA
CAMBODIA CHINA LAOS
VN NORTH VIETNAM LA/VN .. CAPTURED IN LAOS,
vs VS/CB
VS/VN
SOUTH VIETNAM . CAPTURED IN SOUTH VIETNAM, MOVED TO CAMBODIA CAPTURED IN SOUTH VIETNAM,
MOVED TO NORTH VIETNAM
/OW MOVED TO NORTH VIETNAM
LOST OVER THE WATER BODY IN THE FIRST TWO LETTERS
ADJACENT TO THE COUNTRY INDICATED
ACFT/VEH----- Contains the military identifier for the aircraft or vehicle involved in the loss, the type of vehicle or vessel involved in the loss, or on the "ground" when an individual was lost on patrol, engaging the enemy on foot, etc.
REFNO-------- The JTF-FA reference identification number. This number references a particular INCIDENT and is referred to as the "REFERENCE NUMBER" or "REFNO."
TIME--------- Contains Greenwich (Zulu) and local time. Time that the incident occurred.
RET/DATE---- The date that the remains of individuals were returned to U.S. control.
EXPLANATION OF NAMES LISTED AND COORDINATES PROVIDED IN THIS UNCLASSIFIED VERSION OF THE PMSEA
The National Defense Authorization Act for 1991 and 1992, Section 1082, also referred to as the McCain Bill, specifies that the Secretary of Defense may not make public records of Vietnam-era unaccounted for persons except under certain conditions.
The Bill specifies that the material includes any record, live sighting report, or other information in the custody of the Department of Defense that relates to the location, treatment, or condition of any Vietnam-era POW/MIA. The Bill further provides that the Secretary of Defense may not make such records public, if the record specifically mentions a person by name, unless, in the case of a person who is dead or incapacitated or whose whereabouts are unknown, a family member of family members of that person determined by the Secretary of Defense to be appropriate for such purpose expressly consent in writing to the disclosure of the record or other information.
In compliance with the McCain Bill, in 1992 DoD submitted letters through the service casualty officers to the primary next of kin (as defined in DoD Instruction 1300.18) of 2,266 unaccounted for personnel requesting consent to release the records pertaining to their unaccounted for family member. Consent to release was granted in writing by 1, 661 next of kin. However, as of January 3, 1995, in the case of 605 unaccounted for persons, the next of kin denied consent, withheld consent pending review of the records being considered for release, or did not respond to the 1992 DoD letters. Under the protections provided in the McCain Bill, the names of these individuals are included in this PMSEA, but the last known latitude/longitude of the individual's place of loss is not included.
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UNCLASSIFIED
U.S. PERSONNEL MISSING
SOUTHEAST ASIA
INCLUDES SELECTED FOREIGN NATIONALS
PART 1
ALPHA ORDER
UNCLASSIFIED
JUNE 1995 DPMO/RD
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U.S PERSONNEL, SOUTHEAST ASIA, ALPHABETICAL ORDER ** (INCLUDES SELECTED FOREIGN NATIONALS)
ID# NAME STAT I-DATE SER RK R "REFNO CTRY.ACFT/VEH COORDINATES
M137 MEHRER, GUSTAV ALOIS RR MOS1 MEIN, MICHAEL HOWARD NR MOS2 MELDAHL, CHARLES H XX MOS3 MELLOR, FREDRIC M XX M19S MELTON, TODD M BB MOS4 MENGES, GEORGE B BR M176 MERCER, JACOBE NR M744 MERCH, CHARLES CC MOSS. MERONEY, VIRGIL K III -XX M127 MERRITT, RAYMOND JAMES RR M414 METOYER, BRYFORD GLJ?NN BB M73S METTLER, WILLY M112 METZ, JAMES HARDIN NR M113 METZGER, WILLIAM JOHN RR M218 METZLER, CHARLES D BB MOS6 MEYER, ALTON BENNO RR M601 MEYER, LEWIS E RR MOS7 MEYER, WILLIAM M NR M41S MEYERS, ROGER ALLEN BB M739 MIA, PELINO RR M736 MICHEL, ETIENE M416 MICKELSEN, WILLIAM EMIL JR BB M226 MIDGETT, DEWEY ALLEN XX MOSS MIDNIGHT, FRANCIS B -xx M910 MIELKE, MADELENE XUAN TRAN CC M90S MIELKE, MISTY SUONG CC M904 MIELKE, RICHARD MORRIS CC M912 MIKYO, MAI-LAN CC MOS9 MILIKIN, RICHARD M III XX M060 MILIUS, PAUL L XX M061 MILLARD, CHARLES WORTH XX M062 MILLER, CARL D XX M418 MILLER, CARLETON PIERCE JR BB M614 MILLER, CAROLYN PAINE RR M164 MILLER, CURTIS D XX M128 MILLER, EDISON WAINRIGHT RR M129 MILLER, EDWIN FRANK RR M618 MILLER, GEORGE C BB M419 MILLER, GLENN EDWIN BB M613 MILLER, JOHN DANIEL RR M61S MILLER, LUANNE RR M420 MILLER, .MALCOLM THOMAS BB M421 MILLER, MICHAEL ANDREW BB M064 MILLER, RICHARD ARTHUR XX M422"MILLER, ROBERT CHARLES BB M423 MILLER, ROBERT LESTER BB M143 MILLER, ROGER ALAN RR M424 MILLER, WYATT JR (NMN) BB M06S MILLIGAN, JOSEPH EDWARD RR M1S2 MILLINER, WILLIAM PATRICK ·XX M066 MILLNER, MICHAEL XX M067 MILLS, JAMES B XX M42S MILLS, JAMES DALE BB M068 MIMS, GEORGE I JR XX M740 MIN, KYUNG YOON PP M069 MINNICH, RICHARD WILLIS JR NR M219 MINOR, CARROL WILLIAM BB M427 MIRRER, ROBERT HENRY BB M070 MISHUK, RICHARD E XX M071 MITCHELL, ALBERT C XX M602 MITCHELL, ARCHIE EMERSON PP M616 MITCHELL, BETTY JANET RR M428 MITCHELL, CARL BERG BB M210 MITCHELL, DONALD WAYNE BB M072 MITCHELL, GILBERT L XX M22S MITCHELL, HARRY E XX M073 MITCHELL, THOMAS B XX M429 MIXTER, DAVID IVES BB M430 MIYAZAKI, RONALD KAZUO BB M074 MOBLEY, JOSEPH SCOTT RR M211 MOE, HAROLD JOHN BB M114 MOE, THOMAS NELSON RR M166 MOLINARE, ALBERT R RR
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13SO VS GROUND 1S4700N1081900E 1333 LA CH34 1638S2N1062S14E 1306 VS CH47A 12294SN10907S4E 0124 VN RF101C 210138N104S120E 1983 LA EC47Q 1S37SSN106S9S7E OSSB LA 01F 172400N10S4300E 1879 VS AC130A 161SOON1071200E
VS GROUND 104SOON1064000E 1396 LA F4D 171000N1060400E 014S VN F10S 19S900N10SSSOOE 0028 VS UH1B 1S9S CB GROUND 103318N1041713E 1130 VN F10SD 173900N1062400E 0694 VN FBC 20S800N10S3800E 2041 VN FBJ 172700N1074000E 06S3 VN F10SF 213SOON10S1600E 1023 VS GROUND 162730N1073600E 06S4 VN F10SD 210400N10SSSOOE 1378 vN A4E 173900N1074430E 1778 VS BOAT 142046N1090826E 1S9S CB GROUND 103318N1041713E 1479 VN A4E 180400N10730S8E 20S6 VS GROUND 130SOON1091800E 0806 VN F4D 171800N1063600E
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1062 LA OP2E 1132 VS CHS4
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-0700 1718 0930 046S
vs AT SEA VN F4C ~212SOON1062SOOE
VS AH1G 164204N10633S9E VS GROUND 120201N106S404E VN F4B
100S VS A4E 1SS212N1081248E 0213 VN F4C OS77 VS GROUND 10480SN1064807E 096S VN FBE 210200N10641SOE 2046 VS WATER 17091SN1072101E 1693 VS F4E 1621S7N107S4S8E 0497 VS GROUND 16S400N1071100E 1144 VN F4D 173400N1061800E 0011 VS GROUND 1996 VS GROUND 124000N1080300E 0027 VS B26B 1108S3N1070030E 1167 VS GROUND 1S2208N1074S40E 107S VN A6A 20S108N1063930E 20S.3 VS AT SEA 163000N1090000E 1187 LA C130A 162000N1063000E 1696 LA GROUND 143726N1072SS4E OS87 LA UC123B 1214 0842 0989
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---TIME---- REL LOC
0730
1020 23SS
014S 101S
1SOO 1SOO
1S10
161S
0233
0237 1300
014S
0300 1617 1600
1919
1S30
0040
1428
120S
10SO 1940
2030
212S
19S9
162S 1642
ZULU DATE
0030
730316 890326
0320 800900 1SSS 93100S
184S 031S 730212
0800 770318 0700 730304
0810 730304 730327
091S 8S0814
1933
1937 osoo
184S
2000
760801 760801 760801 760801
7S1030
0817 730212 0800 730314
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7S1030 7S1030
73030S
0830 730218
1740
0728
0400 8S1204
02SO 1240
1200
142S
7S1030
1100 730314
092S 730314 0942 730328
Summary of Richard Mershon Milikin III Status
12 Feb 1976 Milikin Status Changed from MIA to Presumed Dead
DOD Decides Vietnam Movie not of Milikin